Kindeskind
[ˈkɪndəsˌkɪnt]
The verdict
“Kindeskind” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männliches oder weibliches Kind des eigenen Sohnes oder der eigenen Tochter (Enkelkind)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kindeskind · Kindeskind · German
Kindeskind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kindeskind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɪndəsˌkɪnt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kindeskind“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kindeskind is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɪndəsˌkɪnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männliches oder weibliches Kind des eigenen Sohnes oder der eigenen Tochter (Enkelkind)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kindeskind, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kindeskind, spelled K-I-N-D-E-S-K-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1männliches oder weibliches Kind des eigenen Sohnes oder der eigenen Tochter (Enkelkind)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kindeskind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf legalem Wege können die Kinder und Kindeskinder der ehemaligen deutschen Schlesier nur durch die Wahl des Priesterberufes die deutsche Sprache erlernen.“
„Vielleicht hat er dort nach Ablieferung der Särge ab und zu noch eine kleine Dschungelexpedition mitgemacht, um später staunenden Kindern und Kindeskindern davon erzählen zu können.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.